“I am resolved to grow fat, and look young till forty.”
The Maiden Queen, Act iii, scene 1.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
“Fat, fair, and forty.”
St. Ronan's Well (1824), Ch. 7.
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Scottish historical novelist, playwright, and poet 1771–1832Related quotes
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